This is an article I wrote for the DJLAB (Costa Rica) Blog. For the Spanish version on the DJLAB blog, click here This month, June 28, 2019, is the 50th anniversary of the events at the Stonewall Inn in New York City that launched a movement that would change the world. Today, when dance clubs [...]
Exactly two years ago, the Brooklyn Digital Conservatory and DJLAB released the first of a series of Spanish-language tutorials which were perhaps the first shot and produced in Central America. We're happy to announce that the first has just passed 100,000 views and hopefully will continue to serve as a resource for producers in the [...]
How To Produce A Record In 5 Steps: A lot of beginning artists and producers, including myself when I started out, have a burning desire to make a record but are unclear of the path between the musical ideas they have and the final finished song that can be shown to the world. Making [...]
This was originally published in 2013 in the Dubspot blog... Just over a year ago, I saw the film Jiro Dreams Of Sushi. It’s a documentary about Jiro Ono, an 85-year-old considered to be the world’s greatest sushi chef. The movie is a beautiful piece, and is really a study of what it takes to [...]
Una de las partes más aburridas de la producción, pero una de las más importantes para terminar correctamente una cancion, es prepararla para la mezcla. Cuando las personas creen que la producción musical es un trabajo sexy y glamoroso, ciertamente no están pensando en el tiempo que se pasó preparando una pista para la mezcla. [...]
5 Consejos Para Optimizar El Rendimiento De Ableton Live Durante Un Live Set Lo peor que le puede suceder a un intérprete en vivo que está usando una computadora, es que ésta colapse completamente en el escenario. Algo fantástico acerca de Ableton Live es que es un programa muy estable - si se utiliza correctamente. [...]
En Agosto 21 de este año, DJLAB y Brooklyn Digital Conservatory ofrecerán el Taller Certificado de Producción Musical con Ableton en DJLAB San José Costa Rica, el cual representa, así mismo, el inicio de una nueva colaboración con Arturia. Durante un año, todos los Estudiantes del Taller tendrán acceso libre a la V Collection 5, [...]
On March 4, 2017, the Brooklyn Digital Conservatory will be presenting for the first time in Managua, Nicaragua in partnership with DJLAB. It will be the first Ableton Certified workshop ever in Nicaragua.
In Part One of this series about Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards, I looked at the economic and political situation that led to the disintegration of the quality of life in NYC - which turned out to actually help the city’s creative scene and the artists who created the new genres of music that emerged [...]
A friend recently asked me to put together a playlist of the best NYC disco/house tracks. As I thought about it, I was actually overwhelmed by the amount of tracks I could put on. Would I go obvious or go deep? I've been in NYC for almost 20 years and have been lucky enough to [...]